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Does SILC support instant messaging?

April 26, 2017instant messaging SILC support

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Does SILC support instant messaging?

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273 A: Officially SILC is not an instant message (IM) system as people 274 usually understands it. However, SILC supports many of the features 275 that are found in traditional IM systems. SILC can be implemented in 276 either IRC-style or IM-style system. Features that are usually found 277 only in IM systems, such as multiple presence settings, persistent 278 sessions etc. are also found in SILC.

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Officially SILC is not an instant messaging (IM) system as people usually understand it. However, SILC supports many of the features that are found in traditional IM systems. SILC can be implemented in either IRC-style or IM-style system. Features that are usually found only in IM systems, such as multiple presence settings, persistent sessions etc. are also found in SILC.